The evening world., 1887-11-09
FIGS N THISTLES.

Iowa II ostensibly Q prohibition State, but there
are nevertheless 116 wholesale and 8, AIS retar
liquor dealers in It who pay q special tax TO the
Government.
The largest game preserve in the country 10
owned by the Spontaneous Club, Of Pittsburg.
1t is located In the Cheat River country, and covers
an area Of several hundred square miles.
Walter Lcwelnn, Of Durham, N. c., has the
greatest curiosity Of the county in the shape Of o
Dominique hen which possesses on each side of ita
head a diminutive horn, curled up like Q rams.
Miss Mary Mitchell, a young lady of st. Joseph
Mo-. went to the cemetery one afternoon last week
to strew flowers on her sisters grave. Overcome
by grief she fell PROSTATE on the grave, and died
there soon after she was discovered.
J. G. Sheppard, of Beaver Dam, n. G., dug mp
from q mari pit in his plantation last week an i'm
mense bone, which is supposed to have belonged to
some prehistoric sea monster. The bone IL over o
yard in length and weighs thirty-seven younds.
The citizens OF Seymour, Ind, are preparing to
erect a monument at the burial place Of the victims
Of the "Pigeon Roost I" massacre, which occurred
near the site of the present city, Sept. Q, 1878.
when twenty-five settlers were killed BY tho
Shawnee Indians.
Mrs. Clifton, Of Meredith Centre. N. H, care.
lessly threw a dust pan full Of rubbish into the
stove the other afternoon. A railroad dynamite
cartridge lay concealed in the heap, and the stove
was shattered into bits, Mrs. Clifton narrowly
escaping serious Injury.
While Jefferson Davis was the guest OF the cit.
zens Of Macon, Ga, they presented him with "a
bottles Of brandy. 24K bottles Of whiskey. 8 bottles
Of gin, II boxes Of cigars, 4 cases OF champagne
and II bottles of other wines, besides half Q gallon
Of olive oil and one Jug of Curacao.
Eugene Field, the brightest and most polished OF
the Western humorists, came into q fortune Of
$40, 900 on attaining his majority aud spent the
bulk of It in O gorgeous tour Of Europe. He 10
now connected with a Chicago newspaper which
pays him a salary of 500 a week.
In the Indian encounter at the mouth Of tins
Little Big Horn River, directly after the Custer
massacre, Private Heath, Of Company B, Fifth
United States Cavalry, saved the life OF his captain,
George F. Price. In recognition Of this service
Capt. Price has decided Heath 0 800-acre Kansas
farm, valued at $40, 900.
While out hunting recently in Todd County
Minn., John Aultman, OF Little Falls, discovered
the bones Of q hunter who had been eaten BY
wolves. As he stopped to examine them the
animals surrounded him and he had to light for his
life. He succeeded in killing seven of them and
reached home In safety.
Surveyors who are locating the line Of the Wash
ington and Ellerton Railroad, in Georgia, md
from the detection of their instruments that there
must be immense quantities of iron below the sur
face. This discovery has walked up the citizens Of
Washington, who already dream of rivAlling Biz
mingham in It's iron output.
II. +. Snedigar, OF ~Iroquois, Dak., has Q prairie
yacht in which he skins over the country. 1t con-
sists simply Of an ordinary road wagon to which
sails are attached, and there IL o steering apparatus
in front. He recently travelled from Iroquois TO
Huron, a distance Of eighteen miles, in an hour
and q half. with a light wind.